document_title: Winnie-the-Pooh

question_text: where does winnie the pooh live in the story

text: Winnie-the-Pooh

text: History

text: Origin

text: A. A. Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into Milne's stories.[2][3] Two more characters, Owl and Rabbit, were created by Milne's imagination, while Gopher was added to the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is on display at the Main Branch of the New York Public Library in New York City.[4]

text: Christopher Milne had named his toy bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear he often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met while on holiday. The bear cub was purchased from a hunter for $20 by Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn in White River, Ontario, Canada, while en route to England during the First World War.[5] He named the bear "Winnie" after his adopted hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba. "Winnie" was surreptitiously brought to England with her owner, and gained unofficial recognition as The Fort Garry Horse regimental mascot. Colebourn left Winnie at the London Zoo while he and his unit were in France; after the war she was officially donated to the zoo, as she had become a much loved attraction there.[6] Pooh the swan appears as a character in its own right in When We Were Very Young.

text: In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply "Pooh":

text: But his arms were so stiff ... they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think – but I am not sure – that that is why he is always called Pooh.

text: Ashdown Forest: the setting for the stories

text: The Winnie-the-Pooh stories are set in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, England. The forest is a large area of tranquil open heathland on the highest sandy ridges of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty situated 30 miles (50 km) south of London. In 1925 Milne, a Londoner, bought a country home a mile to the north of the forest at Cotchford Farm, near Hartfield. According to Christopher Milne, while his father continued to live in London "...the four of us—he, his wife, his son and his son's nanny—would pile into a large blue, chauffeur-driven Fiat and travel down every Saturday morning and back again every Monday afternoon. And we would spend a whole glorious month there in the spring and two months in the summer."[7] From the front lawn the family had a view across a meadow to a line of alders that fringed the River Medway, beyond which the ground rose through more trees until finally "above them, in the faraway distance, crowning the view, was a bare hilltop. In the centre of this hilltop was a clump of pines." Most of his father's visits to the forest at this time were, he noted, family expeditions on foot "to make yet another attempt to count the pine trees on Gill's Lap or to search for the marsh gentian". Christopher added that, inspired by Ashdown Forest, his father had made it "the setting for two of his books, finishing the second little over three years after his arrival".[8]

text: Many locations in the stories can be linked to real places in and around the forest. As Christopher Milne wrote in his autobiography: "Pooh’s forest and Ashdown Forest are identical". For example, the fictional "Hundred Acre Wood" was in reality Five Hundred Acre Wood; Galleon's Leap was inspired by the prominent hilltop of Gill's Lap, while a clump of trees just north of Gill's Lap became Christopher Robin's The Enchanted Place because no-one had ever been able to count whether there were sixty-three or sixty-four trees in the circle.[9]

text: The landscapes depicted in E. H. Shepard's illustrations for the Winnie-the-Pooh books were directly inspired by the distinctive landscape of Ashdown Forest, with its high, open heathlands of heather, gorse, bracken and silver birch punctuated by hilltop clumps of pine trees. Many of Shepard's illustrations can be matched to actual views, allowing for a degree of artistic licence. Shepard's sketches of pine trees and other forest scenes are held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.[10]

text: The game of Poohsticks was originally played by Christopher Milne on a footbridge across a tributary of the River Medway in Posingford Wood, close to Cotchford Farm. The wooden bridge is now a tourist attraction, and it has become traditional to play the game there using sticks gathered in nearby woodland.[11][12] When the footbridge recently had to be replaced, the engineer designed a new structure based closely on the drawings of the bridge by Shepard in the books, which were somewhat different than the original structure.

text: First publication

text: Christopher Robin's teddy bear, Edward, made his character début in A. A. Milne's poem, "Teddy Bear", in the 13 February 1924 edition of Punch, and the same poem was published in Milne's book of children's verse When We Were Very Young (6 November 1924).[13] Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared by name on 24 December 1925, in a Christmas story commissioned and published by the London newspaper The Evening News. It was illustrated by J. H. Dowd.[14]

text: The first collection of Pooh stories appeared in the book Winnie-the-Pooh. The Evening News Christmas story reappeared as the first chapter of the book. At the beginning, it explained that Pooh was in fact Christopher Robin's Edward Bear, who had been renamed by the boy. He was renamed after a black bear at London Zoo called Winnie who got her name from the fact that her owner had come from Winnipeg, Canada. The book was published in October 1926 by the publisher of Milne's earlier children's work, Methuen, in England, and E. P. Dutton in the United States.[15]

text: Character

text: In the Milne books, Pooh is naive and slow-witted, but he is also friendly, thoughtful, and steadfast. Although he and his friends agree that he "has no Brain", Pooh is occasionally acknowledged to have a clever idea, usually driven by common sense. These include riding in Christopher Robin's umbrella to rescue Piglet from a flood, discovering "the North Pole" by picking it up to help fish Roo out of the river, inventing the game of Poohsticks, and getting Eeyore out of the river by dropping a large rock on one side of him to wash him towards the bank.

text: Pooh is also a talented poet, and the stories are frequently punctuated by his poems and "hums." Although he is humble about his slow-wittedness, he is comfortable with his creative gifts. When Owl's house blows down in a storm, trapping Pooh and Piglet and Owl inside, Pooh encourages Piglet (the only one small enough to do so) to escape and rescue them all by promising that "a respectful Pooh song" will be written about Piglet's feat. Later, Pooh muses about the creative process as he composes the song.

text: Pooh is very fond of food, especially "hunny" but also condensed milk and other items. When he visits friends, his desire to be offered a snack is in conflict with the impoliteness of asking too directly. Though intending to give Eeyore a pot of honey for his birthday, Pooh cannot resist eating the honey on his way to deliver the present, and so instead gives Eeyore "a useful pot to put things in". When he and Piglet are lost in the forest during Rabbit's attempt to "unbounce" Tigger, Pooh finds his way home by following the "call" of the honeypots from his house. Pooh makes it a habit to have "a little something" around eleven o'clock in the morning. As the clock in his house "stopped at five minutes to eleven some weeks ago," any time can be Pooh's snack time.

text: Pooh is very social. After Christopher Robin, his closest friend is Piglet, and he most often chooses to spend his time with one or both of them. But he also habitually visits the other animals, often looking for a snack or an audience for his poetry as much as for companionship. His kind-heartedness means he goes out of his way to be friendly to Eeyore, visiting him and bringing him a birthday present and building him a house, despite receiving mostly disdain from Eeyore in return.

text: Sequel

text: An authorised sequel Return to the Hundred Acre Wood was published on 5 October 2009. The author, David Benedictus, has developed, but not changed, Milne's characterisations. The illustrations, by Mark Burgess, are in the style of Shepard.[16]

text: Another authorised sequel, The Best Bear in All the World, was published by Egmont in 2016. The sequel consists of four short stories by four leading children's authors, Kate Saunders, Brian Sibley, Paul Bright, and Jeanne Willis. Illustrations are by Mark Burgess.[17] The Best Bear in All The World sees the introduction of a new character, a Penguin, which was inspired by a long-lost photograph of Milne and his son Christopher with a toy penguin.[18] A further special story, Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the Queen, was published in 2016 to mark the 90th anniversary of Milne's creation and the 90th birthday of Elizabeth II. It sees Winnie the Pooh meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace.[19]

text: Stephen Slesinger

text: On 6 January 1930, Stephen Slesinger purchased U.S. and Canadian merchandising, television, recording and other trade rights to the "Winnie-the-Pooh" works from Milne for a $1000 advance and 66% of Slesinger's income, creating the modern licensing industry. By November 1931, Pooh was a $50 million-a-year business.[20] Slesinger marketed Pooh and his friends for more than 30 years, creating the first Pooh doll, record, board game, puzzle, US radio broadcast (NBC), animation, and motion picture film.[21]

text: Red Shirt Pooh

text: The first time Pooh and his friends appeared in colour was 1932, when he was drawn by Slesinger in his now-familiar red shirt and featured on an RCA Victor picture record. Parker Brothers also introduced A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh Game in 1933, again with Pooh in his red shirt. In the 1940s, Agnes Brush created the first plush dolls with Pooh in his red shirt. Shepard had drawn Pooh with a shirt as early as the first Winnie-The-Pooh book, which was subsequently coloured red in later coloured editions.

text: Disney ownership era (1966–present)

text: After Slesinger's death in 1953, his wife, Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, continued developing the character herself. In 1961, she licensed rights to Walt Disney Productions in exchange for royalties in the first of two agreements between Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and Disney.[22] The same year, A. A. Milne's widow, Daphne Milne, also licensed certain rights, including motion picture rights, to Disney.

text: Since 1966, Disney has released numerous animated productions starring Winnie the Pooh and related characters. These have included theatrical featurettes, television series, and direct-to-video films, as well as the theatrical feature-length films The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, and Winnie the Pooh.

text: Merchandising revenue dispute

text: Pooh videos, soft toys, and other merchandise generate substantial annual revenues for Disney. The size of Pooh stuffed toys ranges from Beanie and miniature to human-sized. In addition to the stylised Disney Pooh, Disney markets Classic Pooh merchandise which more closely resembles E.H. Shepard’s illustrations.

text: In 1991, Stephen Slesinger, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Disney which alleged that Disney had breached their 1983 agreement by again failing to accurately report revenue from Winnie the Pooh sales. Under this agreement, Disney was to retain approximately 98% of gross worldwide revenues while the remaining 2% was to be paid to Slesinger. In addition, the suit alleged that Disney had failed to pay required royalties on all commercial exploitation of the product name.[23] Though the Disney corporation was sanctioned by a judge for destroying forty boxes of evidential documents,[24] the suit was later terminated by another judge when it was discovered that Slesinger's investigator had rummaged through Disney's garbage in order to retrieve the discarded evidence.[25] Slesinger appealed the termination, and on 26 September 2007, a three-judge panel upheld the lawsuit dismissal.[26]

text: After the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, Clare Milne, Christopher Milne's daughter, attempted to terminate any future U.S. copyrights for Stephen Slesinger, Inc.[27] After a series of legal hearings, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the US District Court in California found in favour of Stephen Slesinger, Inc., as did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On 26 June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, sustaining the ruling and ensuring the defeat of the suit.[28]

text: On 19 February 2007 Disney lost a court case in Los Angeles which ruled their "misguided claims" to dispute the licensing agreements with Slesinger, Inc. were unjustified,[29] but a federal ruling of 28 September 2009, again from Judge Florence-Marie Cooper, determined that the Slesinger family had granted all trademark and copyright rights to Disney, although Disney must pay royalties for all future use of the characters. Both parties have expressed satisfaction with the outcome.[30][31]

text: Adaptations

text: Theatre

text:
Winnie-the-Pooh at the Guild Theater | Sue Hastings Marionettes, 1931[32]
Winnie-the-Pooh, a play in three acts | Dramatized by Kristin Sergel, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1957
Winnie-the-Pooh, a musical comedy in two acts | Lyrics by A. A. Milne and Kristin Sergel, Music by Allan Jay Friedman, Book by Kristin Sergel, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1964
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail, In Which Winnie-the-Pooh and His Friends Help Eeyore Have a Very Merry Christmas (Or a Very Happy Birthday.) | Book, Music and Lyrics by James W. Rogers, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1977
"Bother! The Brain of Pooh" | Peter Dennis, 1986
Winnie-the-Pooh, small cast musical version | Dramatized by le Clanché du Rand, Music by Allan Jay Friedman, Lyrics by A. A. Milne and Kristin Sergel, Additional Lyrics by le Clanché du Rand, Dramatic Publishing Company, 1992

text: Audio

text: Selected Pooh stories read by Maurice Evans released on vinyl LP:

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Winnie-the-Pooh (consisting of three tracks: "Introducing Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin"; Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place"; "Pooh and Piglet Go Hunting and Nearly Catch a Woozle") 1956
More Winnie-the-Pooh (consisting of three tracks: "Eeyore Loses a Tail"; "Piglet Meets a Heffalump"; "Eeyore Has a Birthday".)

text: In 1960 HMV recorded a dramatised version with songs (music by Harold Fraser-Simson) of two episodes from The House at Pooh Corner (Chapters 2 and 8), starring Ian Carmichael as Pooh, Denise Bryer as Christopher Robin (who also narrated), Hugh Lloyd as Tigger, Penny Morrell as Piglet, and Terry Norris as Eeyore. This was released on a 45 rpm EP.[33]

text: In the 1970s and 1980s, Carol Channing recorded Winnie the Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner and The Winnie the Pooh Songbook, with music by Don Heckman. These were released on vinyl LP and audio cassette by Caedmon Records.

text: Unabridged recordings read by Peter Dennis of the four Pooh books:

text:
When We Were Very Young
Winnie-the-Pooh
Now We Are Six
The House at Pooh Corner

text: In 1979 a double audio cassette set of "Winnie the Pooh" was produced featuring British actor Lionel Jeffries reading all characters in the stories. This was followed in 1981 by an audio cassette set of stories from "House at Pooh Corner" also read by Lionel Jeffries.[34]

text: In the 1990s, the stories were dramatised for audio by David Benedictus, with music composed, directed and played by John Gould. They were performed by a cast that included Stephen Fry as Winnie-the-Pooh, Jane Horrocks as Piglet, Geoffrey Palmer as Eeyore and Judi Dench as Kanga.[35]

text: Radio

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Winnie-the-Pooh was broadcast by Donald Calthrop over all BBC stations on Christmas Day, 1925.[14]
Pooh made his US radio debut on 10 November 1932, when he was broadcast to 40,000 schools by The American School of the Air, the educational division of the Columbia Broadcasting System.[36]

text: Film

text: Disney adaptations

text: Theatrical shorts

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1966: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
1968: Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
1974: Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
1981: Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons
1983: Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore

text: Theatrical feature films

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1977: The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (compilation of Honey Tree, Blustery Day, and Tigger Too)
2000: The Tigger Movie
2003: Piglet's Big Movie
2005: Pooh's Heffalump Movie
2011: Winnie the Pooh

text: A live action film is in development with screenwriter Alex Ross Perry on board to write the screenplay and Marc Forster to direct. The story is planned to focus on an adult Christopher Robin returning to the Hundred Acre Wood.[37][38]

text: Soviet adaptation

text: In the Soviet Union, three Winnie-the-Pooh, (transcribed in Russian as "Vinni Pukh") (Russian language: Винни-Пух) stories were made into a celebrated trilogy[39] of short films by Soyuzmultfilm (directed by Fyodor Khitruk) from 1969 to 1972.

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Винни-Пух (Winnie-the-Pooh, 1969) – based on chapter 1
Винни-Пух идёт в гости (Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit, 1971) – based on chapter 2
Винни-Пух и день забот (Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day, 1972) – based on chapters 4 and 6.

text: Films use Boris Zakhoder's translation of the book. Pooh was voiced by Yevgeny Leonov. Unlike the Disney adaptations, the animators did not base their depictions of the characters on Shepard's illustrations, creating a different look. The Soviet adaptations make extensive use of Milne's original text, and often bring out aspects of Milne's characters' personalities not used in the Disney adaptations.

text: Television

text: A version of Winnie The Pooh, in which the animals were played by marionettes designed, made and operated by Bil And Cora Baird, was presented on 3 October 1960, on NBC Television's The Shirley Temple Show. Pooh himself is voiced by Franz Fazakas.

text: During the 1970s the BBC children's television show Jackanory serialised the two books, which were read by Willie Rushton.[40]

text: Magical World of Winnie the Pooh (Note: These are episodes from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)

text: Television shows

text:
Welcome to Pooh Corner (*) (Disney Channel, 1983–1986)
Mini Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Disney Junior, 2011-2014[41])
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (ABC, 1988–1991)
The Book of Pooh (*) (Disney Channel (Playhouse Disney), 2001–2003)
My Friends Tigger & Pooh (Disney Channel (Playhouse Disney), 2007–2010)

text: (*): Puppet/live-action show

text: Holiday TV specials

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1991: Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, included in A Very Merry Pooh Year
1996: Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh, included in Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
1998: A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving, included in Seasons of Giving
1999: A Valentine for You

text: Direct-to-video shorts

text: 1990: Winnie the Pooh's ABC of Me

text: Direct-to-video features

text:
1997: Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin
1999: Seasons of Giving*
2001: The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart
2002: A Very Merry Pooh Year*
2004: Springtime with Roo
2005: Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie
2007: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie
2009: Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too
2010: Super Duper Super Sleuths

text: These features integrate stories from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and/or holiday specials with new footage.

text: Legacy

text: Winnie the Pooh has inspired multiple texts to explain complex philosophical ideas. Benjamin Hoff used Milne's characters in The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet to explain Taoism. Similarly, Frederick Crews wrote essays about the Pooh books in abstruse academic jargon in The Pooh Perplex and Postmodern Pooh to satirise a range of philosophical approaches.[42] Pooh and the Philosophers by John T. Williams uses Winnie the Pooh as a backdrop to illustrate the works of philosophers including Descartes, Kant, Plato and Nietzsche.[43]

text: One of the best known characters in British children's literature, a 2011 poll saw Winnie the Pooh voted onto the list of icons of England.[44] Forbes magazine ranked Pooh the most valuable fictional character in 2002, with merchandising products alone generating more than $5.9 billion that year.[45] In 2005, Pooh generated $6 billion, a figure surpassed by only Mickey Mouse.[46] In 2006, Pooh received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, marking the 80th birthday of Milne's creation.[46] The bear is such a popular character in Poland that a Warsaw street is named for him, Ulica Kubusia Puchatka. There is also a street named after him in Budapest (Micimackó utca).[47]

text: In music, Kenny Loggins wrote the song "House at Pooh Corner", which was originally recorded by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.[48] Loggins later rewrote the song as "Return to Pooh Corner", featuring on the album of the same name in 1991. In Italy, a pop band took their name from Winnie, and were titled Pooh. In Estonia there is a punk/metal band called Winny Puhh.

text: In the "sport" of Poohsticks, competitors drop sticks into a stream from a bridge and then wait to see whose stick will cross the finish line first. Though it began as a game played by Pooh and his friends in the book The House at Pooh Corner and later in the films, it has crossed over into the real world: a World Championship Poohsticks race takes place in Oxfordshire each year. Ashdown Forest in England where the Pooh stories are set is a popular tourist attraction, and includes the wooden Pooh Bridge where Pooh and Piglet invented Poohsticks.[49] The Oxford University Winnie the Pooh Society was founded by undergraduates in 1982.


document_title: Matchbox Twenty

question_text: when is the last time matchbox 20 toured

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text: Matchbox Twenty

text: History[edit]

text: 1995–2001: Yourself or Someone Like You and Mad Season[edit]

text: Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, and Paul Doucette were part of the band Tabitha's Secret, which was based in Orlando, Florida, with fellow members Jay Stanley and John Goff, before splitting to start a new band (what was to become Matchbox Twenty). After recruiting Adam Gaynor from Criteria Recording Studios in Miami and Kyle Cook from the Atlanta Institute of Music, the band named themselves Matchbox 20 and earned a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Matchbox Twenty released their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, in 1996. While their first single, "Long Day", was a radio success in the west coast, the album soon spawned several Top 40 singles throughout 1997 and 1998, including "Push", "3 A.M.", "Real World", and "Back 2 Good". "Push" and "3 A.M." did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 chart due to the rule in effect prior to 1998 that required a song to be released as a single in order to appear on the Hot 100. "Real World" and "Back 2 Good" proved to be the band's first entries into the Billboard Hot 100, after the rule was terminated. The album eventually shipped more than 12 million copies in the U.S. alone, achieving a diamond certification. In 1998, Matchbox Twenty recorded a live version of their single, "3 A.M." for release on the charity album Live in the X Lounge, benefiting United Cerebral Palsy research.

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text: In 1999 the band was sued by New Yorker Frank Torres for using his image without his permission on the cover of Yourself or Someone Like You. Torres had been walking down the street when he was asked by a photographer to pose for a picture. Before recording their second album, Rob Thomas collaborated with Itaal Shur on a song called "Smooth" for Carlos Santana's comeback album, Supernatural. Thomas was supposed to act only as a songwriter for "Smooth", but Carlos Santana had him sing for it after hearing the song's demo. "Smooth" was the album's lead single and became a hit in 1999. Thomas won three Grammy Awards for writing and performing on "Smooth": Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Popular Music Collaboration with Vocals. During 2000, Matchbox 20 renamed themselves to Matchbox Twenty and released their second album, Mad Season. The album, on the strength of several successful singles, including "Bent" (which peaked No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart) and "If You're Gone", was certified 4x platinum in the United States. The video for "Bent" made fun of singer Thomas' increased fame from "Smooth" by showing the other band members assaulting him. The next two singles, "Mad Season" and "Last Beautiful Girl" were not as successful.

text: 2002–2006: More Than You Think You Are and first hiatus[edit]

text: For their third album, More Than You Think You Are, the band used more of a pop punk/pop rock sound. Thomas shared the songwriting efforts with the other band members on several songs. The album was recorded at Icon Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. Icon Recording Studios owner and Chief Engineer - Andrew Troy, Assistant Engineer - Aaron Kaplay, 2nd Assistant Engineer - Pablo Solorzano. Additional recording at Bearsville Studios and Hit Factory in New York and was released on November 19, 2002. The album was produced by Matt Serletic, who at the time was the current chairman for Virgin Records. The album again spawned successful singles "Disease" (written with Mick Jagger), "Unwell", and "Bright Lights". The album was not as successful commercially as the previous two, and received mixed reviews from critics. However, the album had an enormous radio presence for well over a year.

text: During 2003, the band released EP, consisting of six songs. The EP had never before released live and acoustic versions of previously released songs like "Push" and "If You're Gone", as well as a new track, "Suffer Me". In 2004, the band released a live DVD, Show: A Night in the Life of Matchbox Twenty, filmed in Atlanta and featuring 20 songs, including all of their previous successful singles. Before taking a hiatus later that year to allow other members to pursue side projects, rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor officially left the group. Rob Thomas released a solo album, …Something to Be, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album featured four successful singles: "Lonely No More", "This Is How a Heart Breaks", "Ever the Same", and "Streetcorner Symphony". In January 2007, Rob Thomas released a single, "Little Wonders", which he wrote for the Disney movie Meet the Robinsons.

text: 2007–2010: Exile on Mainstream and second hiatus[edit]

text: The group reunited and began performing during 2007, with the release of their 'retrospective' album Exile on Mainstream, on October 2, 2007. "How Far We've Come" was the first single from the new album, which was followed by the second single, "These Hard Times". "Exile on Mainstream" included four other new songs and a complete collection of all eleven of their previously released singles. The album was also released in the new MVI (Music Video Interactive) format, which included two video interviews discussing the six new songs and eleven greatest hits, plus extras including a photo gallery, U-MYX (to remix "How Far We've Come"), buddy icons and wallpapers. "How Far We've Come" was released on the band's MySpace page in July 2007, with the video released on September 6, 2007. Matchbox Twenty toured during early 2008 with Alanis Morissette and opener Mutemath. The band began their US tour on January 25, 2008, in Hollywood, FL, and concluded in Las Vegas, NV, on March 18, 2008 before heading to Australia and New Zealand, where the Australian band Thirsty Merc was the supporting act. Following Australia, Matchbox Twenty visited the UK for the first time in five years to play six concerts in Cardiff, Wembley, Birmingham, Glasgow, and Manchester. Matchbox Twenty performed at the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup award ceremony.

text: When the band finished touring later during 2008, Rob Thomas began work on his second solo album, Cradlesong. He stated in an interview to Billboard that he expected that the other members of the band might begin work on Matchbox Twenty's next album without him.[2] At the concert at Mohegan Sun Casino on December 18, 2009, Rob Thomas said that he was not frequently playing Matchbox Twenty songs at his 2009 tour stops because the band was planning to tour together in 2010.

text: 2010–2016: North and Cook's departure[edit]

text: At the Taste of Chicago on July 2, 2010, Thomas said that Matchbox Twenty would be recording in the fall for their fourth studio album. On September 4, 2010, while on VH1's Top 20 Music Video Countdown, Thomas stated that Matchbox Twenty was planning to start working on their next studio album in mid-September and that he was 80% sure that the album would be released sometime in 2011. Rob Thomas posted on Twitter that he was "heading out next week to start writing the new mb20 record" on September 13, 2010. It was stated on Matchbox Twenty's web site that the next show they will do together is on January 1, 2011 in Oklahoma. According to Paul Doucette, the new Matchbox Twenty album will likely be completed in the beginning of 2012. He explained, "That's the same question I was asking. We don't know -- the beginning of next year, we hope. It's a real important record for us. We haven't done anything in a long time. The older we get, the more we realize and appreciate the good fortune we have to do what we do at this level. Realistically, how many more times do we get? So we're going to really make this record the one we want it to be."[3]

text: Matchbox Twenty played a one-off live show in Temecula, California on July 9, 2011, but no new material was played. During the show Rob Thomas stated the show was a "love letter to our fans."[4] North was released on September 4, 2012. The album's first single, "She's So Mean," was released on June 12, 2012.[5] In 2012, the band embarked on a worldwide tour, the North Tour, to promote the album.[6] The tour continued as the 2013 Summer Tour, when they co-headlined with the Goo Goo Dolls.[7] On April 9, 2016 Kyle Cook posted a Tweet linked to his Instagram where he announced that he had left Matchbox Twenty. In his statement Cook said, "I wish things were different and I felt differently about it, but several weeks ago I made the other members aware that I am leaving the group. This, however, should not be taken as an announcement of the band's dissolution because I only speak on my behalf. For me, the decision was one that was heavily contemplated and meditated on. Among others, the primary reasons were a deterioration of communication, disagreements on when, where, and how we tour, and a general breakdown of democracy in the group."

text: 2017–present: Reunion with Cook and anniversary tour[edit]

text: Matchbox 20 announced via a press release on March 27, 2017 that Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Brian Yale, and Kyle Cook have all returned to the band and announced A Brief History of Everything Tour 2017, a North America co-headlining summer tour with Counting Crows.[8] On his personal Twitter account, Cook also announced the tour and the participation of his duo Rivers and Rust as opening act.[9] Also on Twitter, Doucette confirmed Cook's return to the band,[10] while asserting that tour – which is to be a celebration of the band's history[11] – "was always going to happen. It just took a bit for everyone to realize that."[12]

text: Musical style[edit]

text: Matchbox Twenty's music has been considered pop rock, alternative rock and post-grunge. On their first album Yourself Or Someone Like You the band's music carried an alternative rock and post-grunge sound, the latter term of which was used at the time to describe bands that played a radio-friendly style of grunge[citation needed]. On Matchbox Twenty's later releases they adopted a pop rock sound though still retaining their older alternative rock and post-grunge sounds.

text: Band members[edit]

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Rob Thomas – lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards (1995-present)
Kyle Cook – lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals (1995-2016, 2017-present)
Brian Yale – bass (1995-present)
Paul Doucette – drums (1995-present); rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2007-2008, 2012–present);

Current touring musicians

Matt Beck – rhythm guitar, keyboards (2007-present)
Stacy Jones – drums (2012-present)

Former members

Adam Gaynor – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1995-2004)

Former touring musicians

Joey Huffman – keyboards (1998)
Ryan MacMillan – drums (2007-2008)

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text: Timeline[edit]

text: Discography[edit]

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Yourself or Someone Like You (1996)
Mad Season (2000)
More Than You Think You Are (2002)
North (2012)

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text: Tours[edit]

text:
The Big Rock Show (1997–98)
Mad Season Tour (2001)
More Than You Think You Are (2003)
Exile in America (2008)
North Tour (2012–13)
Twentieth Anniversary Tour (2017)

text:
2013 Summer Tour (with the Goo Goo Dolls) (2013)
A Brief History of Everything Tour (with the Counting Crows) (2017)

text: Awards and nominations[edit]

text:
Matchbox Twenty awards and nominations

[hide]Awards and nominations

Award
Wins
Nominations

American Music Awards

2
5

Grammy Awards

0
4

MTV Video Music Awards

1
2

People's Choice Awards

1
1

Totals

Awards won
4

Nominations
12

text: Matchbox Twenty has received nominations at the American Music Awards, the Grammy Awards, and the MTV Video Music Awards, but has only received an award at the People's Choice Awards. During 2004, the People's Choice Awards gave Matchbox Twenty the award for Favorite Musical Group. At the American Music Awards, the band was nominated for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group twice, during both 1999 and 2003. Matchbox Twenty received a nomination for Best Rock Album twice at the Grammy Awards, for Mad Season in 2001 and More Than You Think You Are during 2004. Overall, Matchbox Twenty has received one award from 12 nominations.

text: American Music Awards[edit]

text: The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973.[13][14][15][16]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1998
Yourself Or Someone Like You
Favorite Pop/Rock Album
Nominated

Matchbox Twenty
Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist
Won

1999
Matchbox Twenty
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group
Nominated

2003 (November)
Matchbox Twenty
Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group
Nominated

Fan's Choice Award
Won

text: APRA Awards[edit]

text: The APRA Awards are a series of annual award ceremonies created by Australasian Performing Right Association from 1982.[17]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

2009
"All Your Reasons" – Kyle Cook, Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Brian Yale[18]
Most Played Foreign Work
Won

text: Grammy Awards[edit]

text: The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States.[13][19][20][21]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1998
"Push"
Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Nominated

2001
Mad Season
Best Rock Album
Nominated

2004
"Unwell"
Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group
Nominated

More Than You Think You Are
Best Rock Album
Nominated

text: MTV Video Music Awards[edit]

text: The MTV Video Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony established during 1984 by MTV.[13][22]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

1998
"3 AM"
Best Group Video
Nominated

Viewer's Choice
Won

text: People's Choice Awards[edit]

text: The People's Choice Awards is an awards show that has been performed annually since 1975.[13]

text:
Year
Nominee/work
Award
Result

2004
Matchbox Twenty
Favorite Musical Group
Won


document_title: Morocco at the FIFA World Cup

question_text: when did morocco last qualify for world cup

text: Morocco at the FIFA World Cup

text: World Cup record[edit]

text:
FIFA World Cup record

Year
Round
Position
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA

 1930 to
 1958
Did Not Enter

 1962
Did Not Qualify

 1966
Withdrew

 1970
Group Stage
14th
3
0
1
2
2
6

 1974 to
 1982
Did Not Qualify

 1986
Round of 16
11th
4
1
2
1
3
2

 1990
Did Not Qualify

 1994
Group Stage
23rd
3
0
0
3
2
5

 1998
Group Stage
18th
3
1
1
1
5
5

  2002 to
 2014
Did Not Qualify

 2018
Qualified

 2022
To Be Decided

Total
Round of 16
5/21
13
2
4
7
12
18

text: By match[edit]

text:
World Cup
Round
Opponent
Score
Result
Scorers

1970
Group stage
 West Germany
1–2
L
Jarir

 Peru
0–3
L
&
—

 Bulgaria
1–1
D
Ghazouani

1986
Group stage
 Poland
0–0
D
&
—

 England
0–0
D
&
—

 Portugal
3–1
W
Khairi (2), Krimau

Round of 16
 West Germany
0–1
L
&
—

1994
Group stage
 Belgium
0–1
L
&
—

 Saudi Arabia
1–2
L
Chaouch

 Netherlands
1–2
L
Nader

1998
Group stage
 Norway
2–2
D
Hadji, Hadda

 Brazil
0–3
L
&
—

 Scotland
3–0
W
Bassir (2), Hadda

text: Squads[edit]

text:
[show]

v
t
e

Morocco squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Ben Kassou
2 Lamrani
3 Benkhrif
4 Khassouni (c)
5 Slimani
6 Mahroufi
7 Ghandi
8 Bamous
9 Faras
10 El Filali
11 Ghazouani
12 Hazzaz
13 Fadili
14 Jarir
15 Dahane
16 Choukri
17 Alaoui
18 El Khiati
19 Ouaraghli
Coach: Vidinić

text:
[show]

v
t
e

Morocco squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup

1 Zaki (c)
2 Khalifa
3 Lamriss
4 El Biyaz
5 Bouyahyaoui
6 Dolmy
7 Mustafa El Haddaoui
8 Bouderbala
9 A. Merry
10 Timoumi
11 M. Merry
12 Hmied
13 Rhiati
14 Ouadani
15 Mouncif El Haddaoui
16 Amanallah
17 Khairi
18 Sahil
19 Jilal
20 Bidane
21 Souleimani
22 Mouddani
Coach: Faria

text:
[show]

v
t
e

Morocco squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Azmi (c)
2 Abdellah
3 El Hadrioui
4 El Khalej
5 Triki
6 Naybet
7 Hadji
8 Azzouzi
9 Chaouch
10 El Haddaoui
11 Daoudi
12 Dghay
13 Bahja
14 Masbahi
15 Hababi
16 Nader
17 Laghrissi
18 Neqrouz
19 Bouyboud
20 Kachloul
21 Samadi
22 Alaoui
Coach: Blinda

text:
[show]

v
t
e

Morocco squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 El Brazi
2 Saber
3 El Hadrioui
4 Rossi
5 Triki
6 Naybet (c)
7 Hadji
8 Chiba
9 Hadda
10 Ouakili
11 El Khattabi
12 Benzekri
13 Neqrouz
14 Bassir
15 Abrami
16 Azzouzi
17 Amzine
18 Chippo
19 Sellami
20 El Khalej
21 Rokki
22 Chadili
Coach: Michel

text: Record Players[edit]

text:
No.
Name
Matches
World Cups

1
Mustapha Hadji
6
1994 and 1998

2
Rachid Azzouzi
5
1994 and 1998

Abdelkrim El Hadrioui
5
1994 and 1998

Tahar El Khalej
5
1994 and 1998

Noureddine Naybet
5
1994 and 1998

6
Aziz Bouderbala
4
1986

Noureddine Bouyahyaoui
4
1986

Abdelmajid Dolmy
4
1986

Labid Khalifa
4
1986

Abderrazak Khairi
4
1986

Krimau
4
1986

Abdelmajid Lamriss
4
1986

Mohammed Timoumi
4
1986

Badou Zaki
4
1986

Mustafa El Haddaoui
4
1986 and 1994

Smahi Triki
4
1994 and 1998

text: Top goalscorers[edit]

text:
No.
Name
Goals
World Cups

1
Abderrazak Khairi
2
1986

Salaheddine Bassir
2
1998

Abdeljalil Hadda
2
1998

4
Maouhoub Ghazouani
1
1970

Houmane Jarir
1
1970

Krimau
1
1986

Mohammed Chaouch
1
1994

Hassan Nader
1
1994

Mustapha Hadji
1
1998


document_title: The Secret Life of Pets

question_text: what dog breed is duke from secret life of pets

text: The Secret Life of Pets

text: Plot[edit]

text: A Jack Russell Terrier named Max lives with his owner Katie in a Manhattan apartment. While she is at work during the day, he hangs out with other pets in the building: tabby cat Chloe, pug Mel, dachshund Buddy, and budgerigar Sweet Pea. One day, Katie adopts Duke, a large mongrel from the pound, leaving Max jealous because of her divided focus on Duke. Enraged by Max's attitude towards him, Duke tries to abandon Max in an alley, but they are both attacked by cats led by Sphynx cat Ozone who removes both dogs' collars and leaves them to be caught by Animal Control. Duke fears that he will be killed if he goes back to the pound. When Gidget, a white Pomeranian who is (not so) secretly in love with Max, discovers that he is missing, she decides to find him.

text: Max and Duke are rescued by a white rabbit named Snowball, the leader of "The Flushed Pets" – a gang of sewer-dwelling animals who hate humans because their owners mistreated them. After Max and Duke pretend to despise humans as much as they do by saying they killed their owners, the Flushed Pets invite them to join. Before they can prove their loyalty, by allowing a one-fanged viper to bite them, Snowball learns from the cats that Max and Duke are domesticated. The two dogs escape the sewers and board a ferry to Brooklyn, inadvertently killing the viper in the process. Snowball vows to kill them and leads the Flushed Pets after them.

text: Meanwhile, Gidget recruits a red-tailed hawk named Tiberius to find Max, but he mistakenly returns carrying Ozone, whom Gidget coerces into telling what he knows about the dogs. They then enlist Mel, Buddy, Chloe, guinea pig Norman and Sweet Pea. On the way, they meet Pops, an old Basset Hound, who helps Gidget and the pets find Max. Meanwhile, Max and Duke raid a sausage factory for food. Then, Gidget and her team encounter Snowball, who vows to kill them as well, and Norman is captured as the rest of Gidget's team flees.

text: In the meantime, Duke tells Max about his previous owner, Fred, an elderly man who adopted him as a puppy and loved spending time with him. One day, Duke got lost while chasing a butterfly and was caught by Animal Control, but Fred never came to claim him. Max convinces him to visit Fred's house in a nearby neighborhood, confident Fred will still love him and take him back. When they arrive at Fred's house, they learn from the resident cat Reginald that Fred has died. Heartbroken, Duke accuses Max of attempting to get rid of him and barks at the new homeowners who have just returned to the house and called Animal Control. The handlers catch Max, but Duke interferes long enough for Max to escape and ends up being captured instead.

text: While trying to rescue Duke as he follows the Animal Control van, Max is attacked by Snowball who tries to kill him. However, when his gang is captured, Snowball realizes that he and Max must work together to rescue them. They drive a city bus into the van on the Brooklyn Bridge, stopping traffic. The Flushed Pets encircle Max, unaware of his partnership with Snowball, but Gidget and her team save him. Gidget uses her kung-fu fighting skills, and Max starts to fall in love with her. The van gets stuck in scaffolding and the Flushed Pets escape. As soon as Max gets the keys to Duke's cage, the van plummets into the East River with him inside. Max is unable to free Duke, so Snowball jumps into the river to retrieve the keys, allowing them to escape the sinking van. Once out of the river, Snowball realizes how good being heroic he feels.

text: The entire group returns to the apartment block by pig-driven taxi. Max expresses his love for Gidget, who returns his affection. Snowball and the Flushed Pets then come up with a new plan to annihilate all humans, but a little girl named Molly arrives and adopts Snowball and the remaining Flushed Pets return to the sewers. At first, Snowball resists, but gives in and lets himself become a domesticated pet. The other pets return to their homes and embrace their owners, and Max and Duke finally reunite with Katie, sparking a true friendship.

text: Buddy and Mel show up in costume at a party in poodle Leonard's apartment. Leonard's owner returns and Tattoo crashes to the floor on the chandelier.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Louis C.K. as Max, a Jack Russell Terrier.[8]
Eric Stonestreet as Duke, a large, brown, shaggy mongrel.[8]
Kevin Hart as Snowball, a white rabbit.[8]
Jenny Slate as Gidget, a white Pomeranian and Max's love interest.
Ellie Kemper as Katie, Max and Duke's friendly owner.[1][9]
Lake Bell as Chloe, an obese and apathetic grey tabby cat[9] who is one of Max's friends.
Dana Carvey as Pops, an elderly Basset Hound,[10] who is paralyzed in his back legs.
Hannibal Buress as Buddy, a laid-back dachshund[9][11] and one of Max's friends.
Bobby Moynihan as Mel, a hyperactive pug and one of Max's friends.
Steve Coogan as Ozone, a Cockney-accented Sphynx cat.

Steve Coogan also voices Reginald, a malevolent Himalayan cat.

Albert Brooks as Tiberius, a curmudgeonly red-tailed hawk.[9][11]
Chris Renaud as Norman, a guinea pig who keeps getting lost trying to find his apartment.
Michael Beattie as Tattoo, a slow-witted tattooed pig who is one of the Flushed Pets.
Sandra Echeverría as Maria, a character from the La Pasión de la Pasión telenovela that Gidget watches.
Jaime Camil as Fernando, a character from the La Pasión de la Pasión telenovela that Gidget watches.
Kiely Renaud as Molly, a little girl who adopts Snowball.

text: Production[edit]

text: In January 2014, it was announced that Louis C.K., Eric Stonestreet, and Kevin Hart had joined the cast of the film, with Chris Renaud set to direct from a screenplay written by Brian Lynch, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, while Illumination Entertainment would produce, and Universal Pictures would distribute the film and was originally titled Max.[12][8] In June 2014, Albert Brooks, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, Lake Bell and Ellie Kemper joined the cast.[9] The animation was created entirely in France by Illumination MacGuff.[13]

text: Music and soundtrack[edit]

text:
The Secret Life of Pets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack album by Alexandre Desplat

Released
July 1, 2016 (2016-07-01)

Recorded
2016

Genre

Film score
Jazz
Classical

Length
51:31

Label
Back Lot Music

Producer
Dominique Lemonnier

Alexandre Desplat soundtrack chronology

Florence Foster Jenkins
(2016)Florence Foster Jenkins2016
The Secret Life of Pets
(2016)
The Light Between Oceans
(2016)The Light Between Oceans2016

text: The original score for the film was composed by Alexandre Desplat.[14] The soundtrack was released on July 1, 2016 by Back Lot Music.[15]

text: All music composed by Alexandre Desplat, except "We Go Together" by The Sausage Factory Singers.

text:
[show]Track listing

No.
Title
Length

1.
"Meet the Pets"
2:37

2.
"Katie's Leaving"
0:55

3.
"Meet Duke"
3:36

4.
"Fetch Me a Stick"
3:09

5.
"Telenovela Squirrels"
1:24

6.
"Hijack!"
2:00

7.
"Gidget Meets Tiberius"
4:56

8.
"Initiation Time"
1:01

9.
"Rooftop Route"
1:27

10.
"The Viper"
1:49

11.
"You Have an Owner?"
3:04

12.
"Good Morning Max"
1:21

13.
"Sewer Chase"
1:09

14.
"Who's With Me?"
1:21

15.
"Me Like What Me See"
0:54

16.
"Traveling Bossa"
1:56

17.
"Flushed Out To Brooklyn"
2:47

18.
"Sausages!"
1:13

19.
"Duke's Old House / Captured"
3:03

20.
"Brooklyn Bridge Showdown"
2:34

21.
"Rescuing Duke"
2:46

22.
"Wet But Handsome / Blue Taxi"
1:24

23.
"Max and Gidget"
1:36

24.
"Welcome Home"
1:57

25.
"We Go Together" (originally from Grease)
1:24

Total length:
51:31

text: Release[edit]

text: The film was originally scheduled to be released on February 12, 2016, but was pushed back to July 8, 2016.[2] It was released in 2D, 3D, and IMAX 3D using DMR.[16][better source needed] The Secret Life of Pets premiered at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 16, 2016, and was screened at VidCon.[17] The film is accompanied by a Despicable Me short film entitled Mower Minions.

text: Home media[edit]

text: The Secret Life of Pets was released on Digital HD on November 22, 2016, and on Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD on December 6, 2016. In addition to the short film Mower Minions, which was released theatrically with the feature film, the releases also include two short films: Norman Television and Weenie.[18]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Box office[edit]

text: The Secret Life of Pets grossed $368.4 million in Canada and the U.S., and $507.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $875.5 million, against a production budget of $75 million.[4] Its international takings helped push Universal Pictures [International] past $1 billion for the tenth consecutive year,[19] and aided Illumination Entertainment to pass the $4 billion mark for the first time since 2010.[20]

text: It is the fifth highest-grossing original worldwide film of all time (behind Avatar, Zootopia, The Lion King, and Finding Nemo),[21] the sixth highest-grossing film of 2016,[22] the 12th highest-grossing animated film of all time, and the 50th highest-grossing film of all time. Deadline.com calculated the net profit of the film to be $374.6 million, when factoring together all expenses and revenues for the film, making it the most profitable release of 2016.[23]

text: North America[edit]

text: In Canada and the United States, the film was projected to gross around $70 million in its opening weekend, with some predictions going as high as $100 million.[24][25][26] It received the widest release for an animated film as well as for a PG-rated film (breaking Shrek Forever After's record) and the seventh widest of all time overall, across 4,370 theaters, the widest release since The Dark Knight Rises.[25][27][28][29] It made $5.3 million from Thursday night previews in 3,009 theaters, which is the second biggest of all time for Illumination, behind only Minions ($6.2 million), and the third biggest of all time for an animated film, behind Finding Dory ($9.2 million) and Minions.[26][30] This was followed by a record-breaking $38.5 million opening day gross (including previews), the biggest for an original film.[31][32] In its opening weekend, it exceeded expectations and grossed $104.4 million, finishing first at the box office.[33] Its debut is the sixth biggest for an animated film, the sixth highest weekend debut in July, and the fourth biggest opening weekend for Universal Pictures.[34] It also set the record for largest opening for an original film, eclipsing the $90.4 million debut of Inside Out.[35][36]

text: In its second weekend, the film made $50.8 million (-51.3%) while maintaining the top spot, despite facing stiff competition with newcomer Ghostbusters.[37] Although it slipped into second place when overtaken by Star Trek Beyond in its third weekend, it was still able to fend off the two other new releases—Lights Out and Ice Age: Collision Course—by earning another $29.6 million.[38] It passed $300 million on its twenty-sixth day—the same day it crossed $400 million worldwide[39]—becoming the seventh film of 2016,[40] the seventh Universal Pictures film (the first for the year),[41] and the twelfth animated film overall to reach the benchmark.[42]

text: Outside North America[edit]

text: Internationally, The Secret Life of Pets received a scattered release from June to September in a total of 69 markets, and faced competition from other animated films such as Finding Dory and Ice Age: Collision Course in the course of its release.[43][44][45] In total, it had number-one openings in 45 markets and recorded the biggest opening for an original animated film in 17 territories, and the No. 1 animated film of 2016 to date in 13 markets.[20][46] It topped the international box office in its ninth weekend after earning $43.8 million in 53 markets (dethroning Suicide Squad).[47] However, this wasn't the film's biggest single weekend gross. Its biggest weekend gross was actually in its seventh weekend when it grossed $69.3 million. It opened at No. 3 behind Suicide Squad ($133.3 million) and the Chinese film Time Raiders ($64.6 million) that weekend.[48]

text: It was released in the United Kingdom and Norway two weeks ahead of its U.S. release, where it grossed a combined total of $14.1 million in the two markets.[43] Prior to its official debut in the UK and Ireland on June 24, the film had two days worth of previews on June 18 and 19, from which it made £3.63 million ($5.2 million) in two days. This figure was later counted in the film's official opening weekend.[49] It went on to score the fourth biggest original animation opening weekend ever there, with £9.58 million ($13.4 million) from 592 theaters, trailing behind Inside Out, Monsters, Inc., and Up. Excluding previews, its total three-day opening was $8.1 million.[50][51] This was amidst Brexit and despite facing competition from Independence Day: Resurgence.[43][52] The film held off extremely well in its second and third weekend falling just 20% and 24%, earning £4.47 million ($6.1 million) and £3.62 million ($4.8 million) respectively despite facing some competitions.[53][54] It has topped the box office for three consecutive weekends and has grossed total of $41 million there.[55] In Norway, it took the number one spot as well, with $778,000.[43] It scored the biggest animation opening of 2016 and the second biggest of all time overall in both Taiwan ($2 million)—behind Madagascar, and Hong Kong ($1.9 million)—behind Inside Out.[44]

text: In Argentina, the film had a record-breaking number-one debut with $4 million from 195 screens — the biggest opening weekend ever for an animated film and the second biggest opening ever for any film (behind Furious 7). Similarly, Chile also recorded the second biggest animated opening ever with $1.7 million (behind Minions). Colombia also opened at No. 1 with a huge $1.5 million.[56] In Mexico, other than opening at No. 1, it posted the biggest original animated opening of all time with $7.6 million, surpassing the studio's own previous record holder Inside Out.[45] Also in Russia, it scored the biggest original animated opening and the second biggest ever for an animated film, behind Minions with $16.3 million, although this included $6.4 million five days worth of previews.[47] It went on to become the highest-grossing film of the summer that year.[57] In Japan, the film opened on August 11—the date of Japan's first Mountain Day national holiday—with Toho-Towa distributing, and earned $4.6 million on 370,000 admissions for its two-day opening weekend dethroning Shin Godzilla off the top spot. The cumulative total for the four-day holiday (August 11–14) was $9.7 million.[19][58] Similarly, it had number-one debuts in Germany ($7.1 million) and France ($5.9 million), Australia ($5.6 million), Italy ($5.1 million), Brazil ($4.4 million), Spain ($4.5 million), Poland ($1.7 million), Singapore ($1.3 million), Belgium ($1.2 million) and Denmark ($1.2 million), Indonesia ($1.1 million), the Philippines ($1 million), and South Africa ($463,000). In Germany, it scored the best animation opening since Minions.[45][59][60][61][62][63][64][65] It topped the box office in Israel for five straight weekends and in Australia, Russia and Spain for three weekends.[45][47][61][63] In Japan, the film was the highest-grossing foreign release of the weekend, holding the top spot for four consecutive weekends.[60]

text: In China—the world's second biggest film market—the film opened on a Tuesday, earning a modest $5.2 million on its opening day. To Sunday, it achieved a six-day opening of $29.3 million and $15.5 million for the weekend alone (Friday to Sunday), with per screen averages over $500 per screen per day. In both instances, it was behind the local film Time Raiders.[59][66][67] In South Korea, despite debuting in fifth place, it had an opening of $6.9 million.[59] Elsewhere, it grossed $2.7 million in the Netherlands, $1.2 million in Sweden and in Hungary it scored the biggest opening of the year with $738,000,[59] and also in Portugal ($965,000), Latvia ($224,000),[47] and South Africa.[64]

text: In terms of total earnings, its biggest markets are China ($58 million), United Kingdom and Ireland ($47.2 million), Japan ($41.6 million) and Russia ($34.2 million).[19][47][68] It became the third highest-grossing film of all time in Russia (behind Avatar and Zootopia)[61] and the highest-grossing film of 2016 in Spain.[20][62]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 75% based on 204 reviews with an average rating of 6.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Fast-paced, funny, and blessed with a talented voice cast, The Secret Life of Pets offers a beautifully animated, cheerfully undemanding family-friendly diversion."[69] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 61 out of 100 based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[70] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.[71]

text: Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars and called it "an animated fluffball-a sort of Toy Story with pets does everything to drive you crazy and ends up being totally irresistible."[72] Scott Tobias, writing for NPR, characterized the film's concept as "Toy Story but with house pets," highlighting the film's "thinly distinguished characters" and "gloppy sentimentality."[73] Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three out of four stars and said "In much the same way that the smash Zootopia demonstrated that creatures of different culture and class and species are better off when they come together, The Secret Life of Pets is a testament to teamwork and friendship and fixing the rifts that divide us. Let the fur – and the warm, fuzzy feelings – fly."[74]

text: However, some critics disliked the film's unexpected similarities with Pixar's Toy Story.[75] Matthew Parkinson of The Escapist compared the plots of both films and wrote that "The Secret Life of Pets feels like one of those hour-long ripoffs you'd see on a children's television network."[76] Ethan Anderton of the website /Film criticised the film's characterisation, and noted that the relationship between Max and Duke was akin to "Woody and Buzz Lightyear all over again."[77]

text: Accolades[edit]

text:
List of awards and nominations

Award
Date of ceremony
Category
Recipient(s)
Result
Ref(s)

Annie Awards
February 4, 2017
Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
Eric Guillon
Nominated
[78]

Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production
Alexandre Desplat

British Academy Children's Awards
November 20, 2016
BAFTA Kids' Vote
The Secret Life of Pets
[79][80]

Cinema Audio Society
February 18, 2017
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Animated
David Acord, Jason Butler, Gary A. Rizzo, Carlos Sotolongo and Frank Wolf
[81]

Hollywood Music in Media Awards
November 17, 2016
Best Original Score – Animated Film
Alexandre Desplat
Won
[82][83]

2017 Kids' Choice Awards
March 11, 2017
Favorite Animated Movie
The Secret Life of Pets
Nominated
[84]

Favorite Voice From an Animated Movie
Kevin Hart

Favorite Villain
Won

Most Wanted Pet

NAACP Image Awards
February 11, 2017
Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance
Nominated
[85]

People's Choice Awards
January 18, 2017
Favorite Family Movie
The Secret Life of Pets
[86]

Favorite Animated Movie Voice
Kevin Hart

Producers Guild of America
January 28, 2017
Best Animated Motion Picture
Janet Healy and Chris Meledandri
[87]

text: Sequel[edit]

text: In August 2016, it was announced that there would be a sequel with director Chris Renaud, producers Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy, and writer Brian Lynch, with a release date of July 13, 2018.[88] On January 25, 2017, its release date was pushed back to July 3, 2019.[89] On August 15, 2017, its release date was moved forward to June 7, 2019.[7] In November 2017, it was announced that Louis C.K. would not be reprising his role as Max after being accused of and having admitted to inappropriate sexual conduct with five women.[90]


document_title: IIHF World Ranking

question_text: best international ice hockey team in the world

text: IIHF World Ranking

text: Current calculation method[edit]

text: The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Ice Hockey World Championships and last Olympic ice hockey tournament. Points are assigned according to a team's final placement in the World Championship or the Olympic tournament. The world champion receives 1200 points and then a 20-point interval is used between teams. However, a 40-point interval is used between gold and silver, silver and bronze, fourth and fifth, and eighth and ninth. This is used as a bonus for the teams who reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the final and for winning the gold medal.[3]

text:
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
...

Points
1200
1160
1120
1100
1060
1040
1020
1000
960
940
920
900
880
860
840
820
800
780
760
740
...

text: Points awarded in the current year are valued at the full amount. Points award in the prior years decline linearly by 25% until the fifth year when they are dropped from the calculation.[3] For example, if in 2017 a team had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 3300:

text:
Competition
Valuation
coefficient
Points

2017 IIHF World Championship
100%
1200

2016 IIHF World Championship
75%
900

2015 IIHF World Championship
50%
600

2014 IIHF World Championship
25%
300

2014 Winter Olympics
25%
300

2013 IIHF World Championship
0%
0

text: Usage[edit]

text: The ranking is used to determine the seeding of the teams for the next World Championship and to select the teams which can participate in Winter Olympics without playing in the qualifying round. For the 2014 Winter Olympics, the first nine teams of the Men's World Ranking and the first six of the Women's World Ranking were pre-qualified. Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was structured around the 2012 ranking. Twelve spots were made available for teams. The top nine teams in the World Ranking after the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. All IIHF teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams that wished to participate ranked below 29th played a preliminary qualification in September 2012. The winner of the preliminary and teams ranked 19-29th were divided in three groups to play in the pre-qualification round in November 2012. The winner of each pre-qualification group and teams ranked 10-18 were divided in three groups to play in the final qualification in February 2013. The winner of each group then joined the nine top-ranked teams in the Olympics in 2014.

text: The women's tournament uses a similar qualification format. The top six teams in the IIHF Women's World Ranking after the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. Lower ranked teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 19th and below were divided into two groups where they played in a preliminary qualification round in the autumn of 2012. The two winners and teams ranked 13-18 were divided into two groups where they played in the pre-qualification round in November 2012. The two group winners from the round advanced to the final qualification round, where the teams ranked seventh through twelfth joined them.[4]

text: Men's rankings[edit]

text: The Men's 2017 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014, and at the 2014 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Sochi, Russia.[3] The Olympic and World Championships tournaments are rated equally. All tournament's points have their full value displayed, while the ranking is calculated by adding the current year's tournament points to the depreciated previous three years' tournament points as explained above. The "Total" column is the sum of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

text: Seven nations have achieved a top ten ranking every time (including Olympic rankings) between 2003–17, they are (in order of average ranking): Canada, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Czech Republic, the United States, and Switzerland. An additional five nations, Slovakia (seventeen times), Germany (eleven times), Latvia (eleven times), Belarus (nine times), and Norway (six times) have been in the top ten at least once. As of 2017, three countries have accomplished a first-place ranking: Canada eight times, Sweden six times, and Russia four times. Sweden and Canada are the only nations to have achieved a top five ranking every time.

text: 2017 Men's Ranking[edit]

text: The following table lists the ranking after the results of the 2017 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

text:
Rank
Team
WC division
(as of 2017)
WC 2017
(100%)
WC 2016
(75%)
WC 2015
(50%)
WC 2014
(25%)
OLY 2014
(25%)
Total
Change
+/−

1
 Canada
1 !Championship
1160
1200
1200
1060
1200
3225
5 !—

2
 Russia
1 !Championship
1120
1120
1160
1200
1060
3105
5 !—

3
 Sweden
1 !Championship
1200
1040
1060
1120
1160
3080
7 !+2

4
 Finland
1 !Championship
1100
1160
1040
1160
1120
3060
4 !−1

5
 United States
1 !Championship
1060
1100
1120
1040
1100
2980
4 !−1

6
 Czech Republic
1 !Championship
1020
1060
1100
1100
1040
2900
5 !—

7
  Switzerland
1 !Championship
1040
920
1000
940
960
2705
5 !—

8
 Germany
1 !Championship
1000
1020
940
860
840
2660
7 !+2

9
 Norway
1 !Championship
920
940
920
900
900
2535
7 !+2

10
 Belarus
1 !Championship
880
900
1020
1020
860
2535
4 !−1

11
 Slovakia
1 !Championship
860
960
960
960
920
2530
2 !−3

12
 Latvia
1 !Championship
940
880
880
920
1000
2520
5 !—

13
 France
1 !Championship
960
860
900
1000
800
2505
6 !+1

14
 Denmark
1 !Championship
900
1000
860
880
780
2495
4 !−1

15
 Slovenia
1 !Championship
840
800
820
800
1020
2305
5 !—

16
 Austria
2 !Division I A
800
740
840
780
940
2205
6 !+1

17
 Kazakhstan
2 !Division I A
760
820
800
820
880
2200
4 !−1

18
 Italy
1 !Championship
820
780
720
840
820
2180
5 !—

19
 Hungary
2 !Division I A
720
840
780
720
700
2095
5 !—

20
 Poland
2 !Division I A
740
760
760
680
680
2030
5 !—

21
 South Korea
2 !Division I A
780
720
680
700
660
2000
7 !+2

22
 Ukraine
2 !Division I A
700
680
700
740
720
1925
5 !—

23
 Japan
3 !Division I B
660
700
740
760
640
1905
3 !–2

24
 Great Britain
3 !Division I B
680
660
660
620
760
1850
5 !—

25
 Lithuania
3 !Division I B
640
640
640
640
620
1755
5 !—

26
 Croatia
3 !Division I B
600
620
620
660
540
1675
5 !—

27
 Estonia
3 !Division I B
620
600
600
560
560
1650
6 !+1

28
 Netherlands
3 !Division I B
580
560
580
600
740
1625
4 !−1

29
 Romania
4 !Division II A
560
580
560
580
580
1565
5 !—

30
 Serbia
4 !Division II A
520
500
520
520
500
1410
6 !+1

31
 Spain
4 !Division II A
460
540
500
440
600
1375
4 !−1

32
 Belgium
4 !Division II A
500
520
540
480
—
1280
5 !—

33
 Australia
4 !Division II A
540
440
460
500
—
1225
8 !+3

34
 Iceland
4 !Division II A
480
480
480
540
—
1215
6 !+1

35
 Israel
5 !Division II B
400
400
360
460
480
1115
4 !–1

36
 Mexico
5 !Division II B
360
420
400
420
520
1110
2 !–3

37
 China
5 !Division II B
440
460
440
380
—
1100
5 !—

38
 New Zealand
5 !Division II B
420
380
420
400
—
1015
5 !—

39
 North Korea
5 !Division II B
380
360
320
300
—
885
6 !+1

40
 Bulgaria
6 !Division III
300
340
380
320
—
825
4 !−1

41
 Turkey
5 !Division II B
340
320
300
340
—
815
6 !+1

42
 Luxembourg
6 !Division III
320
280
280
280
—
740
6 !+1

43
 South Africa
6 !Division III
240
300
340
360
—
725
3 !–2

44
 Hong Kong
6 !Division III
260
240
260
260
—
635
5 !—

45
 Georgia
6 !Division III
280
0
240
220
—
455
7 !+2

46
 United Arab Emirates
6 !Division III
200
—
220
240
—
370
5 !—

47
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
6 !Division III
0
260
200
—
—
295
3 !−2

48
 Chinese Taipei
6 !Division III
220
—
—
—
—
220
9 !new

text: 2003–16 Men's Ranking[edit]

text:
Key

Year

P

Points
Rank

text:
2003
2004
2005
2006 O
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010 O
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 O
2014
2015
2016

Team
P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

P

 Armenia
0
99
240
45
420
45
420
45
580
45
390
45
200
48
70
48
70
48
0
49
0
49
0
49
0
50
0
50
0
51
0
51
0
51

 Australia
1080
36
1125
35
1195
34
1195
34
1215
34
1260
33
1300
33
1385
31
1385
34
1350
34
1350
34
1385
32
1330
32
1330
34
1300
34
1230
36
1160
36

 Austria
2970
12
2755
11
2430
13
3045
12
2930
16
2695
17
2445
16
2285
16
2955
14
2935
14
2730
15
2465
15
2265
15
2985
16
2950
16
2745
16
2440
17

 Belarus
2955
13
2590
13
2430
12
3035
13
3230
10
3025
9
2845
9
2660
8
3400
9
3360
10
3025
11
2705
13
2410
14
3030
15
3170
11
3075
9
2820
9

 Belgium
1240
33
1345
33
1255
32
1255
33
1200
35
1200
35
1230
34
1255
33
1255
36
1240
36
1180
35
1135
36
1210
34
1210
36
1215
36
1280
34
1300
32

 Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
200
47
150
47
150
47
100
48
50
48
0
48
0
49
0
49
0
50
200
47
410
45

 Bulgaria
1550
30
1375
32
1235
33
1655
30
1715
30
1500
31
1305
32
1160
35
1540
31
1560
31
1405
32
1270
33
1070
37
940
39
870
39
890
39
870
39

 Canada
3685
1
3485
1
3220
1
3940
2
3890
3
3670
2
3410
1
3160
2
4105
1
3970
2
3595
4
3255
5
2940
5
3840
3
3850
4
3690
1
3495
1

 China
1805
28
1630
28
1515
28
1980
27
1970
28
1860
27
1650
28
1410
29
1260
35
1120
37
1060
39
1040
38
1000
38
1000
38
980
38
1020
38
1075
37

 Croatia
1545
31
1425
31
1390
30
1970
28
2000
27
1850
28
1790
26
1675
26
2150
27
2125
26
1890
27
1665
30
1510
29
1895
30
2010
28
1930
27
1825
26

 Czech Republic
3560
3
3225
4
3065
3
3930
3
3985
2
3595
4
3265
5
2915
6
3655
6
3785
5
3570
5
3330
3
2975
4
3760
5
3745
5
3495
6
3210
6

 Denmark
2665
14
2575
14
2400
14
2990
15
3005
14
2855
12
2660
13
2445
13
3085
13
3185
13
2965
13
2710
12
2480
12
3050
13
3005
15
2775
15
2700
13

 Estonia
2135
24
1995
24
1860
24
2320
24
2325
24
2165
23
1930
25
1635
27
2155
26
2100
27
1940
26
1760
26
1610
28
2000
28
1985
29
1870
29
1755
28

 Finland
3525
4
3195
5
2865
7
3765
5
3830
4
3640
3
3385
4
3050
4
3880
3
3805
4
3630
2
3345
2
3065
2
3905
2
3955
2
3575
4
3355
3

 France
2575
18
2400
18
2150
17
2755
19
2720
19
2525
19
2410
18
2325
14
2860
16
2900
15
2765
14
2660
14
2450
13
3065
12
3165
12
2930
12
2655
14

 Georgia
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
180
48
180
48
355
47
495
45
335
47

 Germany
3240
8
2990
8
2580
10
3270
10
3110
12
2925
11
2740
10
2460
12
3145
12
3360
9
3190
8
2885
10
2650
10
3260
11
3125
13
2920
13
2815
10

 Great Britain
2230
23
1990
25
1780
25
1610
31
1580
31
1605
29
1645
29
1695
25
2335
24
2350
23
2250
21
2110
21
1940
22
2540
20
2450
22
2225
24
2020
24

 Greece
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
240
46
440
46
440
46
595
45
640
44
625
44
610
44
610
44
360
46
180
49
60
49

 Hong Kong
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
260
48
455
46
565
44

 Hungary
2255
22
2060
22
1920
22
2460
22
2430
22
2320
21
2220
20
2130
20
2675
20
2655
20
2460
20
2265
19
2075
19
2595
19
2560
19
2415
19
2325
19

 Iceland
930
38
875
39
875
39
875
39
840
40
920
37
965
38
1030
37
1030
39
1095
38
1125
36
1185
35
1240
33
1240
35
1295
35
1270
35
1240
35

 Ireland
0
99
260
44
455
44
455
44
585
44
710
43
775
40
720
42
720
42
750
41
785
41
735
42
705
42
705
42
410
44
195
48
65
48

 Israel
1110
35
1035
36
1140
35
1140
35
1275
33
1260
34
1190
35
1070
36
1070
38
970
39
885
40
875
40
960
39
1440
33
1530
32
1375
33
1250
34

 Italy
2585
17
2315
19
2100
19
2820
17
2915
17
2815
13
2580
14
2290
15
2860
15
2860
16
2605
17
2440
16
2210
18
2830
18
2860
18
2565
18
2345
18

 Japan
2605
15
2440
15
2090
20
2625
21
2540
21
2305
22
2120
22
1965
21
2565
21
2575
21
2245
22
2105
22
1960
21
2405
22
2470
21
2345
20
2140
21

 Kazakhstan
2480
21
2410
17
2335
15
3100
11
3115
11
2740
16
2405
19
2165
18
2745
19
2790
17
2615
16
2440
17
2225
16
2900
17
2910
17
2680
17
2470
16

 North Korea
680
41
950
37
1105
36
1105
36
1105
36
660
44
645
44
705
43
705
43
730
43
485
45
540
45
600
45
600
45
675
43
770
42
825
40

 South Korea
1420
32
1455
30
1360
31
1360
32
1320
32
1320
32
1365
31
1395
30
1395
33
1485
33
1605
31
1665
28
1740
25
2400
23
2415
23
2230
23
2090
23

 Latvia
3060
10
2900
10
2675
9
3335
9
3310
9
2995
10
2740
11
2610
10
3285
10
3265
12
2985
12
2765
11
2520
11
3295
10
3300
9
3015
10
2730
12

 Lithuania
1885
27
1720
27
1620
27
2085
26
2270
25
2105
25
1970
23
1810
23
2355
23
2300
24
2125
24
1905
25
1700
26
2145
26
2170
26
2035
26
1900
25

 Luxembourg
635
42
755
42
785
42
785
42
705
43
710
42
695
43
700
44
700
44
665
44
650
43
665
43
680
43
680
43
695
42
700
43
700
43

 Mexico
820
39
770
41
775
43
775
43
845
39
915
38
1010
37
1025
38
1525
32
1520
32
1385
33
1230
34
1110
36
1505
32
1530
33
1400
32
1290
33

 Mongolia
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
260
46
415
45
515
45
515
45
540
46
315
46
375
46
415
46
415
46
260
49
155
50
50
50

 Netherlands
2135
25
2015
23
1885
23
2400
23
2360
23
2155
24
1935
24
1755
24
2185
25
2210
25
2080
25
1925
24
1765
24
2355
24
2305
25
2065
25
1825
27

 New Zealand
800
40
870
40
910
38
910
38
925
38
900
39
890
39
850
39
850
40
925
40
1065
38
1125
37
1120
35
1120
37
1070
37
1045
37
1000
38

 Norway
2535
20
2265
21
2105
18
2760
18
2935
15
2780
14
2735
12
2545
11
3270
11
3305
11
3175
9
2960
8
2685
9
3350
9
3265
10
2990
11
2765
11

 Poland
2550
19
2295
20
2085
21
2635
20
2580
20
2395
20
2175
21
1940
22
2415
22
2405
22
2215
23
2020
23
1835
23
2350
25
2355
24
2275
22
2175
20

 Romania
1965
26
1845
26
1685
26
2195
25
2135
26
1970
26
1770
27
1605
28
2000
28
1945
28
1800
28
1725
27
1635
27
2075
27
2075
27
1895
28
1735
29

 Russia
3480
6
3105
7
2905
5
3725
6
3725
5
3535
5
3400
2
3200
1
3965
2
3980
1
3650
1
3425
1
3040
3
3840
4
3915
3
3675
2
3380
2

 Serbia
1685
29
1565
29
1420
29
1815
29
1745
29
1555
30
1425
30
1365
32
1810
29
1935
29
1755
30
1565
31
1375
31
1730
31
1740
31
1645
30
1520
31

 Slovakia
3480
5
3235
3
2965
4
3805
4
3685
6
3390
6
2955
8
2635
9
3470
7
3405
8
3130
10
3100
6
2840
8
3485
8
3445
8
3160
8
2870
8

 Slovenia
2595
16
2420
16
2295
16
2900
16
2870
18
2640
18
2460
15
2190
17
2755
18
2730
19
2565
18
2375
18
2215
17
3045
14
3040
14
2795
14
2530
15

 South Africa
990
37
930
38
845
40
845
40
830
41
770
41
755
42
790
40
790
41
735
42
740
42
780
41
790
41
790
41
845
40
855
40
815
41

 Spain
1230
34
1170
34
1090
37
1090
37
1040
37
1090
36
1120
36
1165
34
1705
30
1790
30
1785
29
1665
29
1445
30
1910
29
1810
30
1645
31
1550
30

 Sweden
3610
2
3400
2
3095
2
4030
1
4095
1
3740
1
3400
3
3095
3
3855
4
3845
3
3630
3
3280
4
3105
1
4000
1
3990
1
3630
3
3275
5

  Switzerland
3135
9
2920
9
2715
8
3525
8
3500
8
3250
8
3020
7
2725
7
3465
8
3540
7
3240
7
2910
9
2845
7
3555
7
3470
7
3235
7
2910
7

 Turkey
625
43
690
43
795
41
795
41
775
42
830
40
765
41
750
41
1230
37
1265
35
1110
37
1015
39
945
40
825
40
840
41
815
41
805
42

 Ukraine
3010
11
2720
12
2490
11
3015
14
3005
13
2740
15
2435
17
2135
19
2805
17
2760
18
2495
19
2235
20
1970
20
2475
21
2500
20
2310
21
2105
22

 United Arab Emirates
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
0
99
220
47
165
47
110
47
275
47
275
47
405
45
510
44
340
46

 United States
3330
7
3145
6
2865
6
3575
7
3580
7
3375
7
3105
6
2915
5
3825
5
3650
6
3340
6
3065
7
2895
6
3705
6
3740
6
3540
5
3290
4

text: Women's rankings[edit]

text: The Women's 2017 ranking[5] is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014, and at the 2014 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Sochi, Russia.[3] The Olympic and World Championships tournaments are rated equally. All tournament's points have their full value displayed, while the ranking is calculated by adding the current year's tournament points to the depreciated previous three years' tournament points as explained above. The "Total" column is the sum of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

text: Only six nations have achieved a top ten ranking every time between 2003–2017. These nations are (in order of average ranking): Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Switzerland. An additional nine nations, Germany (fifteen times), Japan (fourteen times), Kazakhstan (ten times), China (nine times), Czech Republic (six times), Slovakia (five times), Norway (twice), Denmark (twice), and Austria (once) have been in the top ten at least once. Canada (eleven times) and United States (five times) are the only countries to have accomplished a first-place ranking as well as the only two to achieve a top two ranking every time.

text: 2017 Women's Ranking[edit]

text: The following table lists the ranking after results of the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.

text:
Rank
Team
WC division
(as of 2017)
WC 2017
(100%)
WC 2016
(75%)
WC 2015
(50%)
WC 2014
(25%)
OLY 2014
(25%)
Total
Change
+/−

1
 United States
1 !Championship
1200
1200
1200
1160
1160
3280
5 !—

2
 Canada
1 !Championship
1160
1160
1160
1200
1200
3210
5 !—

3
 Finland
1 !Championship
1120
1100
1120
1060
1060
3035
5 !—

4
 Russia
1 !Championship
1060
1120
1100
1040
1040
2970
5 !—

5
 Sweden
1 !Championship
1040
1060
1060
1100
1100
2915
5 !—

6
  Switzerland
1 !Championship
1020
1020
1040
1120
1120
2865
5 !—

7
 Germany
1 !Championship
1100
960
1000
1020
1020
2830
6 !+1

8
 Czech Republic
1 !Championship
1000
1040
960
960
960
2740
6 !+1

9
 Japan
2 !Division I A
960
1000
1020
1000
1000
2720
3 !–2

10
 Austria
2 !Division I A
940
920
940
880
840
2530
6 !+1

11
 Denmark
2 !Division I A
900
900
900
920
940
2490
4 !–1

12
 Norway
2 !Division I A
920
880
880
940
920
2485
6 !+1

13
 France
2 !Division I A
860
940
920
900
820
2455
4 !−1

14
 Slovakia
3 !Division I B
840
860
840
860
880
2340
5 !—

15
 Hungary
2 !Division I A
880
840
780
800
720
2280
7 !+2

16
 Latvia
3 !Division I B
800
820
860
840
740
2240
4 !–1

17
 Kazakhstan
3 !Division I B
820
800
720
740
860
2180
6 !+1

18
 China
3 !Division I B
780
760
800
820
900
2180
3 !–2

19
 Italy
3 !Division I B
760
780
760
720
800
2105
6 !+1

20
 Netherlands
4 !Division II A
700
740
820
780
760
2050
4 !–1

21
 Poland
3 !Division I B
740
720
660
680
700
1950
6 !+1

22
 South Korea
4 !Division II A
720
700
680
660
640
1915
6 !+1

23
 Great Britain
4 !Division II A
680
680
700
700
780
1910
3 !–2

24
 Slovenia
4 !Division II A
640
640
600
580
680
1735
5 !—

25
 North Korea
4 !Division II A
660
660
740
760
0 !—
1715
6 !+1

26
 Spain
5 !Division II B
580
580
560
560
660
1600
6 !+1

27
 Australia
4 !Division II A
620
600
520
620
0 !—
1485
6 !+1

28
 New Zealand
5 !Division II B
560
520
620
640
0 !—
1420
6 !+1

29
 Mexico
5 !Division II B
600
540
580
480
0 !—
1415
8 !+3

30
 Iceland
5 !Division II B
540
560
540
540
0 !—
1365
5 !—

31
 Turkey
5 !Division II B
520
500
480
500
0 !—
1260
5 !—

32
 South Africa
6 !Division II B Qual
440
440
440
460
0 !—
1105
6 !+1

33
 Croatia
7 !—
0 !—
620
640
600
620
1090
0 !–8

34
 Bulgaria
6 !Division II B Qual
420
420
420
440
0 !—
1055
5 !—

35
 Hong Kong
6 !Division II B Qual
400
460
460
420
0 !—
1080
5 !—

36
 Romania
5 !Division II B
500
480
0 !—
0 !—
0 !—
860
6 !+1

37
 Belgium
6 !Division II B Qual
460
0 !—
500
520
0 !—
840
4 !–1

38
 Chinese Taipei
6 !Division II B Qual
480
0 !—
0 !—
0 !—
0 !—
480
9 !new

text: Since  Russia was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics for doping violations, the IIHF was requested to modify the results accordingly.[6] They have not indicated yet what the consequences to the rankings will be.

text: 2003–16 Women's Ranking[edit]

text:
Key

 P
Points

 R
Rank

text:
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 O
2014
2015
2016

Team
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R
P
R

 Australia
0530 !530
22
1270
21
1375
22
0850 !850
23
1205
23
1405
22
0890 !890
23
0535 !535
25
0880 !880
24
1205
24
1540
23
1025
27
1645
28
1495
29
1470
28

 Austria
0 !—
99 !—
0700 !700
26
1285
25
0920 !920
21
1315
20
1580
19
1875
17
2040
16
2130
15
2185
15
2220
12
2190
13
3070
13
2905
12
2710
11

 Belgium
0535 !535
21
1175
22
1335
23
0830 !830
24
1160
24
1305
24
0810 !810
24
0485 !485
26
0780 !780
26
985
27
1220
31
805
31
1325
31
1280
31
765
36

 Bulgaria
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0720 !720
24
1000
23
705
33
870
33
460
34
900
34
980
34
1070
34

 Canada
1800
01 !1
3000
01 !1
2960
01 !1
2970
01 !1
2980
01 !1
2950
01 !1
2930
02 !2
2950
01 !1
2930
02 !2
2960
1
2940
2
2960
1
4160
1
3840
1
3520
2

 China
1545
07 !7
2565
07 !7
2575
07 !7
2485
07 !7
2520
08 !8
2510
08 !8
2485
07 !7
2515
07 !7
2385
09 !9
2235
13
2090
15
2115
14
2935
15
2685
16
2415
16

 Croatia
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0580 !580
31
1095
30
0785 !785
25
1235
20
1375
20
1480
22
1535
24
1510
25
2110
25
1990
25
1850
25

 Czech Republic
0670 !670
11
1590
11
1840
11
2010
12
2195
13
2205
12
2180
12
2190
13
2155
14
2245
12
2360
9
2400
8
3360
9
3140
9
2970
9

 Denmark
0635 !635
16
1455
16
1700
14
1070
17
1485
17
1650
18
1760
19
1165
22
1370
21
1625
19
1970
17
2265
12
3185
11
2975
10
2740
10

 Estonia
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0520 !520
32
0910 !910
32
0650 !650
32
0390 !390
33
0130 !130
37
0
37
0
37
0
37
0
39
0
39
0
39

 Finland
1655
03 !3
2775
03 !3
2765
03 !3
2760
04 !4
2755
04 !4
2770
03 !3
2785
03 !3
2795
03 !3
2800
03 !3
2780
3
2765
3
2715
4
3775
4
3535
3
3275
3

 France
0660 !660
12
1540
13
1780
12
1995
14
2230
12
2220
11
2170
13
2155
14
2105
16
2055
16
2065
16
2055
16
2955
14
2830
14
2700
12

 Germany
1565
06 !6
2605
06 !6
2625
05 !5
2635
05 !5
2585
05 !5
2525
07 !7
2420
10
2350
11
2355
10
2430
8
2535
7
2565
7
3585
7
3315
7
2995
8

 Great Britain
0560 !560
20
1280
20
1425
20
0885 !885
22
1210
22
1385
23
1645
20
1925
18
1940
18
1955
17
1910
18
1915
19
2615
19
2375
21
2130
21

 Hong Kong
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
420
37
775
36
1015
35

 Hungary
0505 !505
24
1165
23
1320
24
0825 !825
25
1135
25
1265
25
0785 !785
26
0470 !470
27
0835 !835
25
1210
23
1585
22
1780
21
2580
21
2455
19
2365
17

 Iceland
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0540 !540
30
0405 !405
30
0770 !770
30
1090
31
0685 !685
29
0415 !415
29
0705 !705
29
960
29
1225
30
815
30
1355
30
1350
30
1370
30

 Ireland
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0420 !420
36
315
36
650
35
435
35
435
36
220
37
110
38

 Italy
0585 !585
18
1385
17
1610
17
2015
11
2160
14
2065
15
1980
16
1950
17
1950
17
1915
18
1845
19
1890
20
2610
20
2435
20
2285
20

 Japan
1425
10
2405
10
2380
10
2350
10
2345
10
2420
09 !9
2465
09 !9
2435
09 !9
2320
11
2285
11
2315
10
2395
9
3395
8
3230
8
3005
7

 Kazakhstan
1490
08 !8
2430
09 !9
2475
08 !8
2445
09 !9
2445
09 !9
2410
10
2475
08 !8
2455
08 !8
2475
07 !7
2350
9
2145
14
2110
15
2850
17
2515
18
2330
18

 North Korea
0650 !650
13
1490
15
1635
16
1005
18
1380
19
1560
20
1775
18
1185
21
0595 !595
32
920
31
1340
26
960
29
1720
27
1890
27
1795
26

 South Korea
0 !—
99 !—
0600 !600
27
1050
27
0750 !750
26
1070
26
1215
26
0760 !760
27
0455 !455
28
0730 !730
28
995
26
1310
28
1515
24
2195
24
2110
23
2020
23

 Latvia
0645 !645
15
1545
12
1750
13
1995
13
2250
11
2195
13
2135
14
2105
15
2170
13
2195
14
2190
13
2055
17
2895
16
2695
15
2470
15

 Mexico
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
480
35
940
35
1215
32

 Netherlands
0570 !570
19
1330
19
1505
19
0935 !935
20
1300
21
1480
21
1645
21
1095
23
1265
22
1480
21
1750
20
1935
18
2715
18
2575
17
2330
19

 New Zealand
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0580 !580
29
0435 !435
29
0830 !830
29
1110
27
0690 !690
28
0415 !415
30
0740 !740
27
1110
25
1455
25
975
28
1615
29
1595
28
1470
29

 Norway
0650 !650
14
1510
14
1695
15
1900
15
2145
15
2150
14
2195
11
2225
12
2280
12
2320
10
2280
11
2285
11
3225
10
2950
11
2690
13

 Poland
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0500 !500
34
975
28
1340
27
1605
23
2265
22
2150
22
2055
22

 Romania
0320 !320
25
0940 !940
25
1185
26
0730 !730
27
0995 !995
27
1100
29
0685 !685
30
0410 !410
31
0675 !675
30
405
34
270
36
135
36
135
38
0
38
480
37

 Russia
1620
05 !5
2680
05 !5
2605
06 !6
2585
06 !6
2565
06 !6
2575
06 !6
2610
06 !6
2610
06 !6
2670
05 !5
2650
6
2710
4
2675
5
3715
6
3480
6
3265
4

 Slovakia
0595 !595
17
1375
18
1585
18
0990 !990
19
1415
18
1735
17
2040
15
2370
10
2470
08 !8
2500
7
2430
8
2325
10
3185
12
2855
13
2590
14

 Slovenia
0310 !310
26
0990 !990
24
1385
21
1700
16
1865
16
1810
16
1075
22
1260
19
1385
19
1505
20
1615
21
1630
22
2210
23
2015
24
1875
24

 South Africa
0505 !505
23
0505 !505
28
0790 !790
28
0465 !465
28
0910 !910
28
1105
28
0675 !675
31
0400 !400
32
0645 !645
31
890
32
1135
32
755
32
1215
32
1160
32
1125
33

 Spain
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0480 !480
35
940
30
1255
29
1505
26
2065
26
1910
26
1755
27

 Sweden
1625
04 !4
2725
04 !4
2760
04 !4
2830
03 !3
2825
03 !3
2760
04 !4
2745
04 !4
2735
04 !4
2700
04 !4
2680
5
2620
6
2660
6
3760
5
3485
5
3210
5

  Switzerland
1435
09 !9
2435
08 !8
2430
09 !9
2480
08 !8
2555
07 !7
2645
05 !5
2630
05 !5
2640
05 !5
2620
06 !6
2685
4
2665
5
2720
3
3840
3
3520
4
3180
6

 Turkey
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0 !—
99 !—
0480 !480
33
0840 !840
33
0600 !600
33
0360 !360
34
0560 !560
33
330
35
700
34
470
33
970
33
1095
33
1230
31

 United States
1740
02 !2
2900
02 !2
2940
02 !2
2890
02 !2
2890
02 !2
2930
02 !2
2960
01 !1
2950
02 !2
2970
01 !1
2940
2
2960
1
2940
2
4100
2
3830
2
3560
1